by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jan 19, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis It wasn’t long after I began to work as an Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer at the US Embassy in Moscow during Brezhnev’s later years, that I learned the realities of Soviet life. As it turned out, only one Soviet who I met during...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Oct 3, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis The good news is that the US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy has seemingly risen from the ashes – or more accurately been wrested from the clutches of a member of the US Congress who refused to vote for the pittance required to keep this...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Aug 5, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe (1) “We tortured folks.” President Barack Obama. (2) “I have full confidence in John Brennan.” President Barack Obama.Let’s get something straight, Mr. President. We didn’t torture anybody, although John Brennan was somewhere in...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Sep 22, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis Of all the new appointments made by the Obama administration in the area of media and public relations, by far the most intriguing is Macon Phillips, the guru who shaped President Obama’s re-election social media campaign. Phillips is slated to...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jul 24, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis The U.S. government just embarked upon its newest international media adventure. No, I don’t mean via Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In, You-Tube, webpages or other bits of the social media. That’s old news. The State Department, Embassies abroad...
